Antibiotic resistance: A key microbial survival mechanism that threatens public health.

Antibiotic resistance (AMR) is a global public health threat, challenging the effectiveness of antibiotics in combating bacterial infections. AMR also represents one of the most crucial survival traits evolved by bacteria. Antibiotics emerged hundreds of millions of years ago as advantageous secondary metabolites produced by microbes.

Antiviral and Anti-Inflammatory Plant-Derived Bioactive Compounds and Their Potential Use in the Treatment of COVID-19-Related Pathologies.

The highly contagious coronavirus disease (COVID-19), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has been declared a global pandemic and public health emergency as it has taken the lives of over 5.7 million in more than 180 different countries. This disease is characterized by respiratory tract symptoms, such as dry cough and shortness of breath, as well as other symptoms, including fever, chills, and fatigue.

Prophylactic ceftizoxime for elective cesarean delivery at Soba Hospital, Sudan.

Background: A prophylactic antibiotic is recommended to reduce infection-related complication following cesarean delivery. There is a current debate on the time of prophylactic antibiotic in cesarean delivery.

Methods: An opened randomized, controlled clinical trial was conducted at Soba hospital, Sudan to investigate the timing (pre-incision or after clamping of the umbilical cord) of ceftizoxime for elective cesarean delivery.